10 Fast Facts: OTR SuperSprint

25 Jul 2022

The Mustang is the dominant car at The Bend

2 mins by James Pavey

2022

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1) Ford Mustang drivers have dominated in the recent past at The Bend Motorsport Park. They’ve taken the last seven Repco Supercars Championship race wins at the South Australian circuit as well as the last eight ARMOR ALL Pole Positions in a row.

2) The Bend marks the 100th Supercars Championship round start for Monster Mustang driver Cam Waters. This weekend is his 95th round with Tickford Racing, having made his first championship appearance with the team (when it was known as Prodrive Racing Australia) at the 2015 Sandown 500.

3) The Bend will be Walkinshaw Andretti United’s 400th ATCC/Supercars Championship round. Its first was at Amaroo Park in 1990 under the Holden Racing Team banner.

4) Three drivers – Cam Waters, Shane van Gisbergen and Will Davison – have taken the last 10 ARMOR ALL Pole Positions between them dating back to the Wanneroo round of the championship.

5) Scott Pye is due to make his 300th Supercars Championship race start in the first race on Sunday at The Bend. He’s had a rough run recently, having not finished or started six of the last 10 races this season.

6) 0.0057-seconds is the closest ARMOR ALL Pole Position-winning margin at The Bend. Chaz Mostert beat Scott McLaughlin to pole for the first race in the first round held at the track in 2020 by that margin in the Top 15 Shootout.

7) Safety Cars are quite rare at The Bend with only two of the 13 Repco Supercars Championship races at the circuit requiring the appearance of the Safety Car. There has never been a Supercars race at The Bend with multiple Safety Car deployments.

8) Four drivers in the field this weekend have completed all 369 racing laps completed at The Bend in the Repco Supercars Championship since the first round there in 2018: Nick Percat, Scott Pye, Jack Le Brocq and Shane van Gisbergen.

9) The Sunday races at The Bend will be the first ATCC/Supercars Championship races ever held on July 31. It’s the only day of July that has not previously held an ATCC/Supercars Championship race.

10) The first 20 races of this year’s Repco Supercars Championship has consisted of exactly 900 racing laps. Only Tim Slade, Cam Waters, Broc Feeney and Shane van Gisbergen have completed every one of those 900 laps.

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